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Definition of "wise to" []

  • Evidencing the possession of inside information (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "wise to" in a sentence
  • "In that year the venerable superior, having attained his eighty-second year, deemed it wise to resign his responsible office, and in the general chapter opened on 26 April, 1909, the Very Rev. Father Patrick Murray, superior of the Irish province, was elected superior general of the congregation."
  • "Camden, Calvert & King—Lord Sydney did not think it wise to use a slaving firm for this first expedition, though again the price was cheap."
  • "“And she was wise to come home to Enniscorthy after all the years, to be among her own in the town,” Noeleen continued."
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